1 January The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 11
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Katherine Philips1632 · London Anglo-Welsh poet and translator (1632–1664) -
Soame Jenyns1704 · London British writer and politician (1704-1787) -
Maria Edgeworth1768 · Oxfordshire Irish writer (1768-1849) -
Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere1800 · London British politician, writer, traveller and patron of the arts (1800-1857) -
Arthur Hugh Clough1819 · Liverpool English poet (1819–1861) -
Ouida1839 · Bury St Edmunds British novelist (1839–1908) -
Annie Jack1839 · Northamptonshire Canadian writer -
E. M. Forster1879 · London English novelist (1879-1970) -
Ethel Carnie Holdsworth1886 · Oswaldtwistle British writer -
Chris Searle1944 · Romford British academic - Hari Kunzru1969 · London British novelist and journalist (1969-)
Thought for the day
A man who sells his conscience for his interest will sell it for his pleasure. A man who will betray his country will betray his friend.
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Remembered today
Published on this day
- 1818 Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley
- 1934 Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
- 2004 The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud
- 1979 The Devils of Loudun by Aldous Huxley
- 1985 The Tenth Man by Graham Greene
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Photo credits
- Katherine Philips: Moustaky, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Soame Jenyns: William Dickinson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Maria Edgeworth: John Downman (1750-1824), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere: Edwin Longsden Long (died 1891), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Arthur Hugh Clough: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Ouida: Adolphe Beau, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Annie Jack: Photograph by William Notman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- E. M. Forster: Dora Carrington (1893–1932), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Ethel Carnie Holdsworth: Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Chris Searle: RMLondon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Leon Gordon: Theatre Royal Melbourne, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized